Improved soap-cutting machine



2 Sheets-Sheet.1.

W. & H. N. :HUM ISTON; .soAP CUTTING MACHINE.

No. 105,458. Patented July 19, 1870.

I panying drawings, which form part of this our specification.

drawings to be made on two p1eces of paper.

. described.

wILLIs HUMIs'roNAnn HORACE N. HUMIsron, on'rnornnw YORK.

SOAP-CUTTING MACHINE.

Specificationtin-thing part of Letters Patent No. 105,458, dated July19, 1970.

- T0allw7i0qn itinay'coucem: p I Beit known that we, WI LIs HUMIsrornofthe city of Troy,;Ncw York, and HORACE N. "HUMISTON, of the same place,have invented anew and Improved Soap-Cutting Machine;

and wedo hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same,

reference being hereby. had to the accomand make a y Like lettersrepresent and refer to like or correspondingparts:

' As a matter of convenience, and to better illustrate our inventiomlwehave caused the sheets or separate -'Fig1n'es1 andfi, Sheet I, areperspective viewsof our improved soap-cutting machine n d fferentpositions,- showing the various.

parts thereof, more fully herein after described and set forth. Fig. 3,Sheet II, ,is a plan or elevation, whereinj are more clearly shown-thevarious parts of our improved machine, each being more fully hereinafterdescribedand set forth. Fig. 4, Sheet 11, is an enlarged per-- spectiveviewof .tthe device for stampingthe soap with the makers name, orotherdevice desired, to use, theoperation and theconnection oflthe same withthe ,other parts of "the machine. "being more fully hereinafter described. Fjggjo, Sheet II, is also a'jperspec; tive View of the machine,showing "the under ing the mechanism by which the same 'is op- 1 erated,all being-hereinafter more fully de; scribedpand specified. -Fig. 6,Sheet II, is a I perspective viewof the drying board or frame, ontowhich the soap is-run after being cut in any desired form, {and morefully hereinafter Figs.7,'8, and 9, Sheet II, are viewsshowing themechanism by which said drying board or .framefis opened or spreadapart, thereby allowing air to penetrate all parts of the soap placedthereon,in the manher and for the purposes herein art-er more anydescribed and seti'forth". "Figfi 10, Sheet II,..is

a view showing the slotted bars into andby meansof Whichthecutting-wires are secured and heldiii their proper position, aSinorefully hereinafter described." The nature of our saidinvent-ion andimproVement-s consists in theme and employment of three siiitably-constructed tables' or' carriages, upon and over which the soapbeing out passes in and during therseveral processes of being trimmed,cut into bars, and dried,'said tables or carriages being con-- structedand arranged substantially in the a manner and for the purposes morefully hereinafter described and set forth. I

. It also consists in the use and employment 'of adjustable wires forthe purpose of cutting structed die or stamp, in connection with :the

trimming or'c'uttm g carriage or frame, and so arrangedas to plainlystamp upon eachpiece or bar of soap cut the makers name, or other.device desired, substantiallyin the manner and by the means hereinaftenmore fully de{ scribed and'set forth, v It also ,consistsin theemployment or aspur or cog wheel, in combination with a lever or armprojecting from and connected to the die or stamp, whereby and by meanswhereof the said stamp or die is allowed to drop or fall at any desiredparts, of the slab' of soap being trimmed, substantially by the meansand for v the purposes hereinafter described and speciside of thesame,'and more .clearly 'represenfied. V 1 i V I j -It also consists inthe use and employment of a 'coiledspi'ing, or its equivalent, incombination with the -sp-ur-wheel and the die or stamp, wherebythe forceof the blow of said stamp or die maybe regulated and governed, as morefully hereinafter described and set forth. v

It also conslsts in the use of one or more adjust-able drying-carriages,so constructed and arranged that, when the soap has been cut and runupon the same, it may be spread apart; or opened, thereby allowing theair to freely circulate through the soap, in the manner, bythe means,and for the purposes here inafter more fullydescribed and set forth.

It also consists in the employment of one or more slotted frames, incombination with the cutting and trimmingwires, so that the said wiresmay be adjusted to cut any size bar de sired, substantially in themanner, by the means, and for the purposes hereinafter more. fullydescribed and set forth.

upon which our machine is placed, which frame is made of wood, and ofsufficient size and strength to answer the required purpose. The top ofthis frame A is L-shaped, and of any required length and width.

B, Fig. 2, is the frame or table, upon which the slab of soap is firstplaced when it is desired to trim the same, so as to have said slabs allof uniform width. i

0, same figure, is a rectangular piece of wood or metal, about thelength of the width of a slab of soap, and by means of which the slab ofsoap 'is pressed or forced against the cutting-wires, whereby said slabof soap is cut into bars, as more fully hereinafter described.

1), Figs. 1, 2, and 3, represents a wood or metal frame, elevated a fewinches above the table B, and is for the purpose of fastening andsecuring the ends of the'cuttin g and trimming wires a, a and I: b.(Shown at Figs. 1,2, and 3.) This frame D has a slot running the entirelength of the top of the same; also, a similar one on the bottom orlower part thereof, as shown at Fig. 10, the slot being marked (1. Theseslots d in the top and bottom of said frame D are for the purpose ofallowing the 7 cutting and trimming wires a. a and b b b to be adjusted,by means of nuts or otherwise, so as to cut any width or size of barrequired.

E, Fig. 1, is the carriage or table upon which the slab of soap is runafter having been trimmed to the desired width by the trimming-wiresa'a-,.Fig. 1. This table or carria-gc E we also design to make of wood,and of size to correspond with the trimmin a .table or carriage I F,Figs. 1 and 6, shows the drying table or carriage upon which the soap isrun after passing from the cutting-table -E through the cutting-wires bI), which said cutting-wires may be adjusted to any width, ashereinbefore described. Said slab of soap is run through saidcuttingwires b b by means of a rectangular piece of wood or metal,marked G, Fig. 1, and similar in construction to the pieces hereinbeforcdescribed, and marked 0; or, if deemed best, these rectangular cleats Cand G may be made stationary, and the tables or carriages B and Ethemselves made to move and force the slab of soap throughthe cuttingand trimming wires a a and I) b but in either case the cleats or pieces0 and G act as the support or rest for the slab of soap being cut.

The motive power to these cleats or pieces (3 and (r may be furnished byanymechanical devices deemed best, either a rack and pinion, as shown atE, Fig. 1, or by a cord and pulley, as shown at I, Fig- 3. This pulley(marked h) Fig. 8, is firmly fastened to the shaft 1, Fig. 1, runningunder the machine, and is provided with one or more suitablyshapednotches on the periphery thereof, by means of which the blows of thestamp L, Fig. 3, are regulated, as more fully hereinafter described. I

In the operation of the machine the cord I is wound around the shaft 1',and not around the-spur-wheel It. i V

The machine is designed to be worked by hand by means of the cranks Jand J, Fig. 1.

To that partof the frame D over the trimmin g-carriage, and to which thewires a a are attached, I attach a suitable rectangularshaped frame, K,(shown at Fig. 4,) which said frame works or slides insuitably-constructed grooves in said frame D. To the upper'part'of thisframe K, I attach, with a 11in gejoint, the stamp or die L, Figs. 1, 2,and 4, which said stamp, as also the frame K, we construct of some metaladapted to the required purpose, and of suitable size and strength. Tothe lower part of said frame K, and at about the center thereof, weattach securely, but .by a loose joint, the hooked lever or arm M, Fig.3, which said lever, being fastened at the center thereof, e, Fig. 3, isin a position at right angles with the frame K and stamp L. I

I In trimming the soap placed on the table B, the spur-wheel It will berevolved, thereby allowing thelever M. to 'fall in the notches I. l a

on said wheel 7!, the weight of the stamp or die being sufficient tocause the same to drop when it is not held up by means of the lever Mpressing against the natural periphery of said wheel 71 but, if desiredto strikea heav ier blow with said stamp, so as to plainly stamp themakers name or other device upon the soap, a coiled spring, N, Fig. 3,may be attached below the lever M, whereby any force desired may begiven to said'stamp L. Of course the blows of the stamp L are regulatedby the number of notches l in the spurwheel 71, and also by thecircumference of said wheel and this wheel must be varied or changedaccording to the distance required between the devices stamped upon thesoap; and this distance, of course, must be changed as often as it isdesired to out different sizes of bars.

It is essential that chronometrical exactness should be observed in theconstructionof theseparts, so that the stamp will strike in the centerof every bar of soap being cut. Therefore the cord I, Fig. 3, should bemade of metal that has no elasticity, a brass wire being well adapted tothat purpose.

The drying-table F (shown in detail at Figs. 6, 7, S, and 9) we designto so construct that after the soap has been cut and run upon the sameit may be removed' from the machine, and then opened or *spreadapart,thereby spreading or separating the soap and facilitating the drying ofthe same. Vhen one such frame has been removed another should of soap tobe run upon.

be substituted in its place for the next slab Any suitable device may beused to separate or spread apart these drying-tables, and that shown atFigs. 8 and 9-is well adapted to that purpose.

L, if desired.

The operation of our machine is as follows, to wit: The slab of soap iscut in the usual way, and'is then placed upon the trimming carriage ortable B. The crank J being turned,

the slab of soap is forced, by means of the cleat (1, through thetrimming-wires ac, and

onto the cutting table or carriage E. If it is desired to stamp the soapwith'the 'makers name or any other device, the lever P is dropped, thusthrowing the lever orwarm M into gear with the spur-wheel h, so thatwhen said crank J is turned the said spur-wheel h will revolve, and thedie or stamp will fall upon the slab of soap every time said armor leverM reaches or falls into the notches Z l in said spur-wheel h. The numberand distance apartof said noEches l l, of course, regulate the number ofblows'struck by saidstamp L, which said stamp falls by its own-weight,or, if desired, may be aided by the coiled spring N, Fig. 3. The slab ofsoap, 'being now propcrly trimmed and stamped,rests upon the cuttingcarriage or table E; By means of the w the drying thereof. frame is thenplaced upon the machine, and

crank J, rack and pinion, andpiece G, said slab of soap isnowqforccdthrough the cut: ting-wires b b b, which saidwires areadjustable by means of the slotted frame K, and may be any width apart,according to the width of bar desired to be cut. The said slab of soap,

. having been out into bars by the wiresb b,

rests upon the drying-table F, which said table may be removed from themachine, and by means of suitable mechanism spread apart or' opened,whereby the air mayfreely circulate through the soap thereon, therebyfacilitating Anotherdrying table or the sameoperation repeated withanother slab i of soap.

By the means herein described we are enabled to construct a machine thattrims,

stamps, cuts, and dries the soap in. a cheaper,

quicker, and more satisfactory manner than by any machine known for thatpurpose.

, Having thus described the nature of our said invention andimprovements relating to soapcutting machines, what we claim as new andour invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates of America, is-

1. The cutting table or carriage E, arranged and combined with thetrimming-table B and drying table or frame F, substantially in thema'nnerand for the purposes herein described and set forthrw v 2. Theslotted frame K, or its equivalent, in

combination with the cutting and trimming wires to a and b I), wherebysaid wires are made adjustable, substantially in the manner, by themeans, and for the purposes hereinbe- ,fore described and-set forth.

3. The die or stamp L, used in connection or cutting-table E,substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore specifiedand described. 1 V

4 The spur or cog wheel h and lever M, in combination with and operatingthe stamp or die L, in the manner and for the purposes substantially asherein described and set forth.

5. The coiled spring N, or its equivalent, in combination with the armor lever M and the die or stamp L, whereby greater force may be givento' said stamp, if so desired, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose herein specified and set forth;

connection and in combin'ationwith the cuttin-g'table or carriage E,substantially in the Y manner andfor the purposes herein and specified.p v 4 7 The adjustable cutting and trimming described wires on a and bb, in combination with the slotted frame K and the cutting and trimmingtables or carriages E and B, all arranged and operated substantially inthe manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 27th day ofFebruary, A. D.

WILLIS HUMISTON. 4 y HORACE N. HUMISTON. Witnesses G. D. KELLUM, JAMESDALEY.

